Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2017 The shooting last year of Sierra Leone’s retired chief of the military and the killing of a well-known barrister in Freetown, sparked a renewed debate about rising armed robbery and criminality in the capital. But in the last few months, police have stepped up [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2017 If the whole point of banning jogging along the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown was simply to prevent violence and criminality, then it seems the police may have an ulterior motive, critics of police chief Francis Munu say, after football gang violence erupted [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2017 (Photo: President Koroma of Sierra Leone). As voters in Sierra Leone start their countdown to elections on the 7th of March 2018, the people of Rwanda wait with bated breath for the results of presidential election held on Friday, with Paul Kagame poised to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2017 On Tuesday, 8 August 2018, Kenyans go to the polls, ending months of fierce campaigning in what’s turned into a closely run contest between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and former prime minister Raila Odinga. But general elections in the country are much more than just [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2017 Today, August 3rd 2017 marks the 185th anniversary of the birth of EDWARD WILMOT BLYDEN (3 August 1832 to 7 February 1912). All over the world from the Caribbean where streets and monuments are named after him – to the USA where whole buildings [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone telegraph: 3 August 2017 We are a genetically narcissistic people. Status over substance indeed. And we don’t like any truth that doesn’t reinforce that mindset. Sad. Self-enslavement masquerading as loyalty is our present day reality. A truly sad reality. However, it will be a catastrophic [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone telegraph: 2 August 2017 While there is a burning desire to effect change in Sierra Leone, and a popular will to do so, I am afraid of the completion of the process. How do you tell a council of ‘pen robbers’ that robbery is no [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 August 2017 Can West African countries become more prosperous by adopting the use of a single currency and fostering a closer, integrated and single economic union? Some economists believe that many countries in the West African region that are classed as ‘natural resource rich – but [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 August 2017 John Bonoh Sisay has launched his policy plan and vision he thinks Sierra Leone needs for transformation. The plan promises eight pledges. These are his pledges to the people of Sierra Leone. But can he deliver? What are the costs? What are his implementation [Read More]
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